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Let’s Talk Korean Baseball with Jee-ho Yoo. Zoom Event Monday June 22, at 8pm EST
SABR’s Asian Baseball Committee will host a virtual Zoom meeting at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 22, 2026. Our special guest will be Jee-ho Yoo. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
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How to Follow Asian Professional Baseball
So how can English speakers follow Asian baseball? There are now numerous ways to track professional baseball in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan even if you don’t read the native languages. Let’s look at each country in turn.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 9, Randy Bass
by Thomas Love Seagull A recent poll for a TV special saw more than 50,000 people in Japan vote for their favorite retired baseball players. 20 players emerged from a pool of 9,000. Yes, they could only vote for players who are no longer active, so you won’t see Shohei Ohtani or other current stars…
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‘They Beat Us the Japanese Way’: The San Francisco Giants’ 1970 Spring Tour
This week Steve Treder writes about the 1970 San Francisco Giant’s spring training visit to Japan.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 10, Atsuya Furuta
This week Thomas Love Seagull features Yakult swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta
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Join Mike Clair on SABR Asian Baseball’s Zoom Chat, April 13 at 8:30p.m. EST
On April 13 at 830 pm EST MLB.com writer and author of the new book We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball will join the SABR Asian Baseball Committee to chat about the WBC and his new book, followed by Q&A. All are welcome.
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Cardinals Take Care of Business in the Land of the Rising Sun (1968)
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Mark Kanter writes about the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals visit to Japan. During 1968, with the United States and much of…
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 11, Masumi Kuwata
This week Thomas Love Seagull features Masumi Kuwata
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 12, Masayuki Kakefu
This week Thomas Love Seagull features Masayuki Kakefu
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1966: The Dodgers Return to Japan
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Andy McCue focuses on the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers tour of Japan.
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